Wanqingsi

Chapter 118 Riot
Rescue work is proceeding in an orderly manner.Song Qiu has counted 136 people buried in the mine, 76 people have been rescued so far, 17 people died, 23 people were seriously injured, and 36 people were slightly injured to varying degrees.Every half an hour, Song Qiu would update me on the progress of the rescue work. I felt heavy in my heart. Although I didn't understand the rescue work of mine disasters, I still had some common sense. It had been four days, and the longer the time dragged on, A miner buried in a mine has less hope of being rescued alive.In the past two days, I have seen a lot of the tragic situation of the injured and their relatives screaming for heaven and earth. I deeply feel that life is impermanent, which makes me cherish the life I currently have from the bottom of my heart.

I put the focus of my work on comforting the relatives of the victims. I dare not underestimate the importance of goodwill work. After such an accident, the attitude and image of the Yun family are very important. Look at the leaders of our party Every time there is a disaster, it is frequently exposed in various media, giving sad speeches, visiting the disaster area to express condolences, and buying people's hearts.Emergency rescue and disaster relief are handled by his subordinates. He only needs to punish the evil and promote the good. To put it bluntly, it is actually quite hypocritical, but the common people will accept this.

The mine compensated each relative of the deceased with a pension of 100 taels of silver, and the injured received compensation ranging from 50 to [-] taels of silver depending on the situation. The mine also paid for all medical expenses and funeral expenses of the injured.The families of the injured have all received the money, and they are still very satisfied with the payment amount.Most of the wounded have been transferred to Tieshan County, and their relatives have also been evacuated. I asked Song Qiu to organize a team of people, each of whom is responsible for the information communication between a wounded family and mines, medical centers, funerals, etc. Not as many relatives of the victims remained at the mine as before.

The son and grandson of the old woman who stopped my horse that day have not yet been found. The old woman cries into tears every day. I can't help but feel sad when I think of her losing her son and grandson when she gets old.Every time a new person was dug up, I accompanied her to identify the body, but they couldn't find it. The old woman was hopeless again and again after despair.On the other hand, the young man who stopped me found the body of his elder brother. His mother and sister-in-law also came, crying loudly, and the mine compensated the pension according to regulations. Jin, quarreling endlessly, even ignoring the dead, I can't help but feel chilled, the so-called family affection is so vulnerable in front of money.In the end, the boy shouted angrily: "Stop arguing, don't you think my elder brother can't even close his eyes?" The two women realized their gaffe, and started crying again. I just felt sick, Hurry up and go out.

When I returned to the conference hall, it happened that Yun Tianchang came back from Tieshan County. I quickly asked him to sit down and asked him about the discussion with the government office. Unexpectedly, Yun Tianchang had an angry expression on his face, and said angrily and bitterly: "Young Madam , I failed to do what you told me, and I was made things difficult by that dog official Wang Shouzhi."

"What? He didn't earn enough money from us?" I raised my eyebrows, what a corrupt official, I asked Yun Tianchang to give him a full 2 taels of silver, "Or are we to blame for kidnapping Guanshi? He should be very clear , This matter must be handed over to several people, even if Manager Zhao is his brother-in-law, if things get serious, he can't keep it, he won't be so stupid, right?"

"No, the matter has almost been discussed, but..." Yun Tianchang's face was a little ugly, I looked at him, "Uncle Chang, just say it."

"Yes, the matter has almost been negotiated. We should deal with the mine disaster as soon as possible and let the government try not to intervene in it. But suddenly someone came and whispered a few words in Mr. Wang's ear. After hearing this, Mr. Wang's face was not very good, and said ..." Yun Tian often glanced at me, and I asked, "What did he say?"

"He asked me, I heard that your young lady is here, is there such a thing?" Yun Tianchang said.

I said inexplicably: "What's wrong with me?"

Yun Tianchang looked annoyed: "It's also my fault for being negligent. I thought that the relationship with the government office is usually very good, and the young lady asked me to go straight there. It's okay to put this matter in normal times, but now... ..."

I still don't understand: "Uncle Chang, don't hesitate, just speak straight."

"Young Madam doesn't understand much about officialdom. If we were in contact with the government, it would be fine, because the head of the Yun family is not here. But now that Young Madam is here, the prefect will definitely feel uncomfortable. You, the housewife, even came to his land, but you sent a deacon to discuss with him, what do you mean? So..." Yun Tianchang gritted his teeth, and said angrily: "I was negligent, please punish me, Young Madam. "

It dawned on me.After all, the official wants to show his authority, and this Mr. Wang feels that I don't respect him.I have never been in the officialdom, so I don’t know much about the rules of the officialdom, but I also know that some officials attach great importance to this aspect. I remember hearing that at a certain meeting, the staff put the positions of the seats of the director and deputy director Put it upside down, and after the meeting ended, the relationship between the director and the deputy director became more subtle. The director had to be stuck in everything when dealing with the deputy director. He had never done it directly. Thinking about it now, it's just that we people don't understand the rules of officialdom.

I nodded, I can't blame Yun Tianchang for this matter, it seems that I need to solve it myself: "What did Master Wang say later?"

"It's because of this that Mr. Wang may feel that he has no face, so he used an official tone and said that he must do business in an official manner." Yun Tianchang frowned and said, "If the government handles everything according to the rules and systems, our mine will be killed ..."

"It seems that Manager Zhao has a lot of cronies in this mine." Someone went down the mountain immediately to inform Mr. Fu Yi, and it was a ghost.I glanced at him and smiled faintly, "Uncle Chang, I trouble you to go to Tieshan County one more time, and apologize to the Lord Fuya, saying that I was negligent when I first arrived at the mine and I couldn't get away because of complicated affairs. I will definitely visit him tomorrow in person!"

Yun Tianchang nodded and went out.I pondered, it seems that Manager Zhao has also cultivated some influence in Longxing Iron Mine, now that he has lost his power, he must be afraid of being implicated, so he hastened to inform the government office to put pressure on me.I sneered, I want to see what kind of people are playing tricks!
Asking Yunde to call Song Qiu in, I asked him directly: "Do you know who are the people in charge of Zhao in our mine?"

Song Qiu thought for a while, said the names of a few foremen, and said, "That's all I know, I don't know if there are any more."

"Have someone monitor them to see if they have been in contact with each other or other people. Once they find out, report to me immediately." I said lightly.When he went out, I summed up the lessons of this time. In the handling of this matter, my big decision was not wrong. If a mining disaster occurs, after appeasing the people, I should discuss the matter with the government as soon as possible.But I made two mistakes, one was not controlling the influence that Manager Zhao cultivated, and the other was ignoring the rules of officialdom.I bit my lip, I will pay a visit to Master Fu Yi tomorrow, it seems that I have to pay another sum of money, I will remember the lesson I bought with an extra sum of money!

Song Qiu made arrangements according to my instructions, and the people in charge of Zhao did not make any changes.I was so tired that I leaned on the soft couch and took a nap. I haven't straightened my body to sleep well these days, because I have to listen to Song Qiu's rescue progress report every half hour. Sitting on the soft couch in the chamber for a while.In the middle of the night, Yunde hurried in: "Young Madam, it's not good!"

I woke up immediately: "What's the matter?"

"Those family members of the miners made a fuss, saying that you colluded with the government, and that Guanshi Zhao is now locked up just for show, and they will not deal with him at all. Now they are so angry that they have already fought with the people who went to persuade them... " Yunde said in one breath.

"What?" I stood up abruptly, "Who spread the fake news? Is it Guanshi Zhao's cronies?"

"I'm not sure if it's because we are watching his people, but in case there are some confidantes we don't know about..." Yunde said unsurely, I lifted my legs and walked out the door, "Hurry up and explain to everyone! "

"Young Madam, it's too late. They won't listen to the instigation." Yun De followed closely.Yunli and Yunzhen hurried to my side.

"I have to try anyway." I hurried to the rest room of the relatives of the miners. Before I got close, I saw that there was a mess there. The relatives of the miners and the mediators were twisted into a ball. "Everyone be quiet, let me explain to you..."

Someone threw a wooden stick over, Yun Li punched it away, and someone in the crowd shouted: "Everyone, don't listen to her, none of these rich people colluded with the government and businessmen, and now they are talking so eloquently. I know what the hell is going on..."

Tongue brilliant lotus?Quite cultured, my eyes searched the crowd for the instigator, but the scene was too chaotic to find who it was.Hearing what he said, the relatives of the miners rushed towards me and shouted, "Don't listen to her, arrest her..."

People rushed towards me, Yunli and Yunzhen kicked away a few relatives of the miners who rushed forward, I was anxious: "Don't hurt people!" If you hurt them now, the consequences will be even more difficult to control!

"Young Madam, our duty is to protect you!" Yun Li sternly knocked down two more people who rushed up.Seeing this, the guards at the mine also rushed over. Seeing that the situation was difficult to control, Yunde hurriedly said, "Young Madam, let's avoid it for a while and wait for their emotions to stabilize before making any plans."

I looked at the densely packed crowd, and it seemed that it was useless to say anything now, so I turned and ran to the stables: "Get on the horse, let's get out of here first!"

Everyone guarded me and rode Xiaobai, and rushed out of the mine. Yunde led the mine guards and rushed to open the way, Yunli and Yunzhen were behind, and kept waving their horsewhips for me. The crazy crowd threw them at us. stones.We quickly rushed out of the mine, and the crowd was gradually left behind by us, until there were no traces of those people behind us, and our horse speed gradually slowed down.

"Young Madam, what should we do now?" Yun De stopped his horse and turned to ask me.I reined in my horse, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Now we can't go back to this situation. Let's go down the mountain to Tieshan County and discuss with Uncle Chang."

"Yes!" Yunde nodded, and was about to whip his horse. Just as he moved, he heard a sudden sound of piercing through the air. With a wave, a short cold arrow pierced the muddy ground impressively.Before I could react, there were two more "swish" sounds, and two iron mine guards in front of Yunde groaned, and immediately fell off their horses, their bodies twitched twice, and there was no sound immediately.Only two sounds of "Dang Dang" were heard, Yun Li and Yun Zhen had already drawn their swords, flew to protect my horse, and said sharply: "Young Madam, get out of the way, there is an ambush!"

All this happened in a flash, I was shocked, and Yunde hurriedly got off the horse, the cold arrows piercing the air continued to shoot from all directions, Yunli and Yunzhen protected me, and the long sword threw out the airtight sword Hua, shot down those cold arrows one by one, but those iron mine guards were not as lucky as me. After a while, two iron mine guards fell off their horses. It's poisonous!"

"That's right, and it's a huge poison that seals the throat with blood!" A man's cold voice suddenly sounded in the darkness. I looked up in surprise and saw a masked man in black suddenly appearing in front of me.Yunli and Yunzhen stared straight at him, with a look of warning in their eyes.The sound of "Xi Xi Shu Shu" came from the surrounding grass. I looked around and was slightly startled. In the dark night, four masked men in black with knives came out from front, back, left, and right, staring at us covetously.

"Go!" The man in black gave an order, and the four men in black moved towards me, Yun De shouted: "Protect Young Madam!" Everyone stepped forward to fight, Yun Li and Yun Zhen returned Well, those iron mine guards are not the opponents of the four men in black at all. They are fast, ruthless, and accurate, and their moves are all deadly moves, like specially trained killers. In an instant, the iron mine guards one by one Fell in a pool of blood.Seeing this, Yun Li sternly said: "Housekeeper De, quickly get the young lady on the horse, we will stop them!"

"Can you run away?" The leader of the men in black waved his hand, and the figures of the men in black swayed ghostly. The silver knife light flashed, and waves of knives surged. The cold light suddenly enveloped us. In a bone-chilling knife array.

——2006, September, 12
(End of this chapter)